Hi all, Today, Monday, got up early for a day guided tour trip of the Ignacu Falls national Rainforest park. It was a 5km bus ride to the park entrance. When in the tour included a 8km ride in the back of an open top merc truck, very Indian Jones, shame i didn´t bring my horse whip with me. Ging through the rainforest was exciting with various wildlife noises emanating from the undergrowth. The truck stopped at the side of the Rio Ignacu about 4km downstre...

Hi everyone, Been a bit slack in keèping my blog up to date since I hit Buenos Airers, but really a simple case of being out and about and also problems with finding internet cafes. Beunos Aires is simply amazing. Think Paris, Rome and Madrid all mixed into one and then double the purchasin power of the euro and you have BA. I am loving it and best place I have been to so far. yesterday, went to more footie and watched Racing V Indepente. Poor game at 0 -...

Hi everyone, Now in Argentina. Will write more soon. Smiffy

Hi Everyone, On the 18th got up really early and went up to see the ¨Christ the Reedeemer¨ statue at Corcovado in Rio. What a view of the city, got some great snaps and will post them later/soon. then midday off to the bus station for a 4 hour bus to a place called Parathi - old colonial town about 4 hours south of Rio. Stayed there overnight and got up early to stroll along the beaches, litterally 100´s of them and all just like picture postc...

Rio De Janeiro - Hi everyone. I turned up in Rio on the Thursday night at about 8pm, getting off the flight it was absolutely pouring down with rain and quite cold compared to Lima. My first impressions were of a dark city and the reading on the plane didn't help, stating that out of all the cities in S America it was Rio that had the worst crime rate and even a just a few years ago the average number of murders in the city were 700.My impressions didn't get any ...